Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-30
POLITICAL.
Ire Vote on the Prohibition Amend
mant in Tennessee Believed to
Be Close.
tne Progressive or anti Henry Caargs
Labor Party in Nav York Puts a
State Ticket in th8 Field.
iho NsW York Dsi'ies Full OF Comments as
TO What the Saratoga Convention
DID ana DID Not Do.
The Tennessee Election,

! Ths Tennessee Election,
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept 29.-The in
dicatjons al this hour, $50 p. m, are tina.
the vote on the adoption OF the probibl-
ton amendment viii be close. Eas.
Tennessee is Gained to have given :
prohibition majority Of 10000. This is
based on private dispatches to the Pr9.
hibicionists Memphis gave al anti ma
jorisy Of 1882 This Davidson county
Will give az anti majority of nearIy 1000.
AT MEMPHIS.
/ MEMPHIS. Tenn, Sepr. 90 Returns
SO 1ag received indicate that the Drohihi-
| ton amendment wss defeated in The state
| to-0sy by q very small majority. The
| Ao'i Prohlbitl0nistS carried this CITY by
1892 cut OF total vote Of 9OlO. THE
country district returns ars coming in
slowly but Shelby county WI give ABOUT
5000 majority sgajnst the amendment.
me ladies' worked Tor the amendment al
oil tie voting pTecinrs in the CRY.
AT NASHVILLE.
NASHVILLE, Tenn Sept. 29.-The eiec-
Ton to-day pasaed of quietly, no disor-
DER OF any kind being reported. II Nash
vile a2d Davidson county it WA the
most remarkable election ever held. The
feature OF it was tic preaence
OF ladies' 1t the polls working and
pleGGing with voters TO cast their
balIoEs Tor the amendment. Lpnchna
were SET Ct 81 polling places, apd when
ever man presented himself 10 vote
ant1 he was surrounded by Ghe ladies'. and
II very stubborn prayed Tor AID recalled
with sacred Songs. Such 3 sight
wa never baf1re Witnessed in
Nashville. The ycters showed mn
varSsl respect for the Ladies
and it TnRds nc doubt that to their Dy, -,
enes was due the cutting down cf the
anu majority in this county. In the
3 NLh ward q tais city tie En.is rallied
tnelr i3rcss esr!y and were voting in
solo pIstooDs OF frcm to SO. Tie pro-
hblu0n Men were disc0uraeeE n
tie deg, &c ths5 tdeY deserted
the polls; then the lsdies rallied
sem oas for Teinforcemeats Of their cay
ana b-avely stood in the breach uIead.ne,
anc praying with the voters till She noUs
closed Even chose maSculines who 6n-
sleh9a[aQ The participation in pol
Ilcs CT women we're forced
70 %Gmire the bravery disn-eve6
by mo ladies' today. Returns tc-nfgbt
are incomplete Tae Ameri2sa has IL.
urt5 which incicat5 the amendment mas
been defeated from 10000 tosl5,O00. Ina
entl5 clain $4,000, tut it VIII hzrdlv reach
that figure. fne official vote Of tbIs
county Is, for 1881, cggIlst $3.50.
Ar KNOXVILLE.
hNIXvILLE, IENS., Sept. THE
vote oG the prohibition amendment was
much lighter than expected here, but re-
suited IN victory for the Pfchibi.ionists.
IS Was expected. The vote was: For
252l; against, ll2Q-showing meiorjtV
81 lI92 TOR prohibition. The
negro vote vas almost solid
against the amendment and represents at
least t5ree-quGr.ers of the oupogit7on
here. Most OF the whites wfl5 opnosod
me amendment did not go to the polls.
Hundreds OF ladies' worked st the noIIs
al day, many or them drjyinn
voters &c the polls IN their caIrfggfs
FREE lunches were distributed bv the
iaoIes AT the voting places The election
pissed OF quietly. The saloons were ali
closed, and uOt i drunken man has ba.r
seen On the streets.
When the polls closed all the churcb /
cells IN TIE city rang for halt ap hc,r
iA's 1h!Fd Of tennessee, # which knoxville !
Il inc center, VIII give & msi3rItv for the !
amendment. Partial returns from thirty /
EAST tennessee counties indicate 5000 |
majority for prohibition, with aD *
.FemeIJ LSht vote in he bGck c9untss.
AT CHATTANOOGA
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. % IT. |
1cial vote for the amendment 1855. /
against 3IC9.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept 2q.-Dis-
>9atohes from all sections Of the stsse m
llcate the Prohibition election has mass
"a of quietly, and that the largest VOC
'Ver cast WIS polleQ. 10 definite figures
'Sn be given yet, but The
'eturas 50 far indicate the defeat Ct the
amendment. The ladies' took AZ sctiye
oert ia the election, and in oil
he cities and towns thev were
Il the polls with free lunches end
solicited voters. At every
}. ling booth there was q lavish disnia7
ii banners, among them being: "V0tg
u GOD, home snd Tennessee TO-DAY"
vote for mother, wife and sister. thew
ave no defense save your ballot" esTbe L
women and children Of Tennessee aroeaI
the MANHOOD OF the state o-dsy,u etc
tc. The ladies ware eYeryWhere t1eared i
Flth the utmost res pect. /
Duflng the morning prayer meeting
vas Ae!d st the churches etAthens, where
ne vote WAS counted. and when IL was
scertained that majority OF ITO was Oh.
aimed for prohibition, all TIE ward workers
owed their heads and szng the doxolorv
ne returns 10 the Times Ell S O'Clock m
icate that East Tennessee will give 1000
majority for the amendment and that {
lakes the result appear more doubtful,
socialtsiic Labor Party.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-About three bun. ,
red delegates to the Progressive or !
ocislistic Labor psrty assembled in state :